The see-and-be-seen scene in the U.S. Open's Arthur Ashe Stadium corporate suites is different this year: The usual cast of celebrities, socialites and sponsors -- banned, along with all spectators, because of the pandemic -- has been replaced by the stars of the sport themselves.
The 64 seeded players in the women's and men's singles draws, along with past champions Venus Williams, Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray, were assigned those special boxes to use as personal lounges while they remain in the Grand Slam tournament.
A shirtless Dominic Thiem showed up, too, keeping an eye on the guy who beat him in this year's Australian Open final. Two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza was there, using a fork and knife to eat lunch; 10th-seeded Andrey Rublev's utensils of choice were chopsticks. "For me, it's not always, like, what the person is saying, but often when I'm playing, when there's big crowds and stuff, I often engage and make eye contact with people in the crowd," Murray said. "Gives me some energy and stuff. That helps."
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